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English to English adjective
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financially secure and safe |  | Example: sound investments
a sound economy
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in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay | | Example: a sound timber
the wall is sound
a sound foundation
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Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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exercising or showing good judgment | | Example: healthy scepticism
a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
the healthy attitude of French laws
healthy relations between labor and management
an intelligent solution
a sound approach to the problem
sound advice
no sound explanation for his decision
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in excellent physical condition | | Example: good teeth
I still have one good leg
a sound mind in a sound body
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logically valid | | Example: a sound argument
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having legal efficacy or force | | Example: a sound title to the property
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free from moral defect | | Example: a man of sound character
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(of sleep) deep and complete | | Example: a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleep
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thorough | | Example: a sound thrashing
source: wordnet30 adverb
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Soundly. | | source: webster1913 noun
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the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause | | Example: the sound of rain on the roof
the beautiful sound of music
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the subjective sensation of hearing something | | Example: he strained to hear the faint sounds
source: wordnet30
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mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium | | Example: falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
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the sudden occurrence of an audible event | | Example: the sound awakened them
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the audible part of a transmitted signal | | Example: they always raise the audio for commercials
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(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | | source: wordnet30
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a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | | source: wordnet30
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a large ocean inlet or deep bay | | Example: the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast
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The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. | | source: webster1913
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A cuttlefish. | | source: webster1913
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A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound. | | source: webster1913
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Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture. | | source: webster1913
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The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound. | | source: webster1913 verb
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appear in a certain way | | Example: This sounds interesting
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make a certain noise or sound | | Example: She went `Mmmmm'
The gun went `bang'
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give off a certain sound or sounds | | Example: This record sounds scratchy
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announce by means of a sound | | Example: sound the alarm
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utter with vibrating vocal chords | | source: wordnet30
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cause to sound | | Example: sound the bell
sound a certain note
source: wordnet30
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measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | | source: wordnet30
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To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet. | | source: webster1913
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To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. | | source: webster1913
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To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect. | | source: webster1913
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To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn. | | source: webster1913
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